# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Harcros Chemicals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054676` · 5/8/2019 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Hydrogen fluoride, hydrofluoric acid
- **Secondary source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
## Employer
- **Name:** Harcros Chemicals, Inc.
- **Location:** 2627 Weir St., DALLAS, TEXAS, 75212
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to unload a pallet of 55-gallon drums from a tractor trailer. A 55-gallon drum containing hydrofluoric acid was leaking and the acid was released into the air. The employee was hospitalized for exposure to the acid including lung and throat injuries.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*